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Evaluation of Y-DNA diversity of Azerbaijanis

Aliev A.A. (1), Ibrahimov A.Sh. (2), Khalilova I.S. (2)

1) Azerbaijan DNA Project, FTDNA Lab., 1445 N Loop W Fwy, Ste 820, Houston, TX 77008, USA; 2) Khazar University, Center for Cell Pathology Research, Department of Biological Sciences, Meskheti str., 41, Baku, AZ1096, Azerbaijan

Khalilova Irada S., PhD, ORCID ID 0000-0002-4238-3113; ikhalilova@khazar.org; Ibrahimov A.Sh., PhD, anar.ibrahimov@khazar.org; Aliev A.A., AzerbaijanDNAProject@gmail.com.

Abstract

The diversity of the Y-DNA of Azerbaijanis from certain regions of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Southern Dagestan was analyzed based on various independent literature data and the results of the Azerbaijan DNA Project at Family Tree DNA laboratory. Materials and methods. DNA of 176 individuals was analyzed integrating different regional subgroups of Azerbaijanis ethnos for the first time. Subclades of Y-DNA haplogroups are named according to Yfull classification. General trends of haplogroups’ distribution are presented in this paper. Results and discussion. Kendall concordance ratio is W=0.83 (α =0.01) indicating a high degree of consistency in the results of various independent studies. Based on these results we propose a preliminary assessment of the diversity of Y-DNA subclades of a united sample of Azerbaijanis and possible clusters. More than half of all studied individuals carry haplogroups of Middle Eastern origin (E-M35, G-P15, J-P209, and T-CTS6507) that can be associated with tribes from the «Fertile Crescent» area of Meso- and Neolithic epoch. Eastern European subclades of the haplogroup R (R-Z2103, R-PF7562, R-Y4364) with the subclades of Central Asian origin (C-M217, N-P43, O-F238, Q-M242, R-Z93, R-M478) cover about 38% people and indicate, most likely, migrations from the eastern and north-eastern geographical bridgeheads. Haplogroups of South Asian and Western European origin were also identified, but with a rather low frequency of occurrence.

Keywords

haplogroups; Y-DNA; Azerbaijanis; Kendall correlation; subclade

DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2018.4.049-055

Цит.: Aliev A.A., Ibrahimov A.Sh., Khalilova I.S. Evaluation of Y-DNA diversity of Azerbaijanis // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2018; 4/2018; с. 49-55